Revit backward compatibility

[Anonymous]

Can  I create a family in Revit 2016 at home and import it in Revit 2021 in the office ?

[mauricio_mssf · Accepted solution]

If it is a loadable family, you can use the load family tool.


If it's a system family, you can open the revit project in the same session (ctrl+o) and use copy (ctrl + c) and paste (ctrl + v).

It works if it goes from an old version to a new one, but not the other way around, it cannot downgrade.

Take a look.
https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/revit/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2021/ENU/Revit-M... 

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/revit/learn-explore/caas/CloudHelp/cloudhelp/2021/ENU/Revit-G... 

[syman2000 · Accepted solution]

You can create family in 2016 and open in 2021 at office. However you cannot open 2021 file in 2016.